Other Awards: February 2008 Archives

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — The pregnancy comedy "Juno" was chosen as the year's best independent film and won two other honors Saturday at the Spirit Awards, including best actress for Ellen Page.

The ceremony was a warmup for Hollywood's big show, Sunday's Academy Awards, where "Juno" and Page are in the running for the same categories. Page gushed thanks for "Juno" director Jason Reitman and writer Diablo Cody.

"This is so, so special, but this is pretty much all Diablo Cody's fault," said Page, who played a whipsmart pregnant teen giving the baby up for adoption in "Juno." ''She wrote one of the best screenplays I have ever read and created a teenage female lead I feel like we've never seen before."

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — A year after his Academy Awards dream went up in smoke, Eddie Murphy has not just one consolation prize, but three: Razzie Awards as worst actor, supporting actor and supporting actress for the comedy "Norbit."

The fourth acting "dis-honor" announced at tonight's Golden Raspberry Awards went to Lindsay Lohan, who actually was voted two worst-actress trophies for the thriller "I Know Who Killed Me," the worst-picture winner in which she played dual roles.

"I Know Who Killed Me" set a new Razzies record with eight awards, including worst screen couple for Lohan in her double role.

Get ready to see a whole lot more of Rainn Wilson than you ever would have imagined. The co-star of NBC’s ‘‘The Office’’ says he dropped trou for a few comedy sketches he taped as host of the Spirit Awards, the Oscars of independent film.

‘‘When I signed up I said, ‘I’m not a standup comedian. I’m happy to tell jokes and stuff but it’s not really what I do,’ ’’ Wilson said. "And you know, they were like, ‘Great, let’s film some stuff and make it close to what you did when you hosted ‘Saturday Night Live.' That’s kind of what we’re aiming for — just funny comedy stuff. I assure you, I make an [idiot] of myself. My [butt] is actually revealed a couple of different times, so if anyone’s curious about what my [butt] might look like ...’’ he trailed off. ‘‘I don’t know why they would be. It’s all for a laugh. My body being exposed is good for a great deal of laughs. They use it on ‘The Office’ quite a bit when they need a laugh — they have me take my shirt off.’’

‘‘No Country for Old Men’’ grabbed another award before the Oscars later this month, winning the best feature film award presented by the Producers Guild of America on Saturday.

The film, which stars Javier Bardem as a determined hit man pursuing Josh Brolin, beat out other nominees ‘‘There Will Be Blood,’’ ‘‘Juno,’’ ‘‘Michael Clayton’’ and ‘‘The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.’’